The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1887-03-17
THE MESSAGE.
oytFF GIVES HIS REASONS
o. ,or rHE EXTRA SESSION.

,,, pcbt o"cs'io"-rhe Revised Code
l"' ror the Lunatic Asylums state
49,. Of the Expenses Of Government
important Matters
COMMONWEALTH or VIRGINIA.
GOVERNORS OFFICE.
March 18th, 1851
Gr>rrn Assembly:
To 81. desire TO promote the public wei
40 ca'I.1ed me 10 exercise the consttu-
f.ra fa. b. ..rifV conferred upon the ENccu
tort '..,1ycne the General Assembly TO
tft c,tra session TO-DAY. ...,,.,,.
n srrling this messaBe L" SO"'
lal.c. D. Is .'' .'' vosr attention TO the present
frs. 20 tbc debt of the Commonwealth,
cll' ths very recent dcClsioI on wv Du
anl N Curt of the United states, Hl IcIcI-
Ii, 20 the ave imposing '"N "P0" ''''''I''
aer.,.i To ask that you receive, and II prop
Sec trc work Of the revlsers OF thc 'oue'
fr. tl. ~ reouest that you may MAKE proper
Ihri' 'ItRc comfortable maintenance OF
prov ,,.bo are now confined IN Jalls Dc-
tat iH'. i,sufHcicnt accommodations al the
cause Cs.ylums erected for that purpose.
n-i'.,.,...s the hope that, II possible you wiz
a.'. ~, on such other SUBJECTS as lh. your
ieg,ial, .t. nubic interests may require.
Ju4fu '.t.,nut 10 effect "a final settlement
htcI!i t, ,1cstion by the Legislature mas
-,s hren accompanied W WIN clllo"i .i J. 80 ~,
a"'' Tbe act PASSED m lN'l known as thc
ntnI,' l ,yas thrown aside 10y the people at
iI.t'ir ,.,rtttnitV afforded them 70 90 so.
...a,,p+cd 20 bind the STATE l0I lhc pay
VI more than five mlhoh uQllaIS Vl ",'t
mem a,1 to auuropriate for the clalms on
ul'. t',rds inViOlably apprOpra ed 10 lhc
cIt.i.'. .l,catiou bv the CONSTITUTIONS "nlch
a1outcd long anterior 10 tne liaSs"gS Io oi
gEI' subsequent measuI ~ my, 5Ic SttHIi'
lt-t I'D the former settlement, was
H'l. t,. many 10 be within the aoillty OF
. S+1tp f0 carry out without me- @ Voso ". ~ "a a
., Ie.4llse Of certain CONCESSIONS u! liio
.-.litors. but this, TOO fccciNcu q. ,t'e t'rF
,l.nuatiOn of a majority OF the NolcIs'
.-, +. 1lyocatcs for the Legislature III nGsl
AT .I rountice. and its supporters VINO
.4utidatcS for the boNti sIiP
and other state 0ihces iV,,i+.ti0T ~
~. "a long and bitter aS'tallVI 1l
!n.',...,...ti,n the act approved tebruafy I4tn'
tI. i-,..,,,,,., 3, laws ON the demand oi the party
,r..h assumed the rclns OF bott. '"i m m -. ~
,.r-eyucuce OF their aQNocaCl vi IT, 80 -
,,t f,r their political opponents 10 IHohc
"'t.'t-I -Iouart with the creditors, carry ny d
,t.r amount of principal ana interest nav
'ry failed. pledge was luail9 E!tHn o5 ne
nh t0 disturb or repeal lnc ma 49,,
J.....t l,,. "a majority of the voters anu Ili'
.,,.,,ro,3l of the sentiment OF lndl SGT
tlr'.nt 4- IN stands to-day mas recci'eu nV
,-nI.. 3i,lpprulal either 10y cohNcntlVm,. V. ~ :.
I...-..iI PARTIES or by Legislatures, 80 tl1. 1 i,
l., I.. said that the people without itl'i Jlv,
."'. .. t..tfncti0n are of one mind ln thCh
,il..fr.l t0 uphold and MAINTAIN H IH Hlt l,'
integrity and hy all lawful means; lh " III H.,
,r.r rla--lrc I had the honor 10 auuiVN T." ~ ~
C...-lI Assembly. called atlcill'u ~ ~
f..I,.f 4 Iroiuia bad been for loui years tlc
f.+-.r Ground for cOntendlng hosl9' ma o hC
..It4d been cN haustcd supp! ".inl, c ,''''s
t.g.,-. barns farming lmplcmc ms "lt @ .t,;o,
t.I b.on DESTROYED: that hcf liluuN'Ii'S
i t- ,,rlIyZcd: that the whccls OF
~ b.- .,trr1.rcc had been StOppeQ lhdt 'lic
fines I'M her furnaces had hcen cA'!"-I M aNICu'
that hcr SONS had fallen beueath ehot "llu ~ ii'
On had IoDu pufccbIOd 10y exposure anu -
.... tI4+ b.r ctuifal city had been SWcIl 10y
m. and her boundaries changed so as 10 sho"
two States where only one hau pi piNfito iNfiDo a.
i,tcncc. and that her citizens lh Ic'ull lll..7 ="
tbeir 4g.r4fiOus after the war, I'D IhoSt III
.teuoos had d. begin their business liNcs AGAIN.
f0r though the land was before theM' d. va. VIZ
confronted with "a change IN Jhe laoo' ~ ,,'
while stock of all KINDS hdu tO ~ ~ tho+
,iIeI Do i- paSV therefore, 10 lcIctiNt liut
me condition Of the State was lar qlHeIehl
from the one she occupied WhCh thc uco1 Va va
contracted. To appears, TOO lnt' tliN -
mcnt of 1871, which gave Miln lO W., w., 80
involved a larger amount OF tht lhu'plc,li'SI . ?.
than Ea, within the ability OF the Slt'e ulucl ui
al these circumstances 10 pay. ne pla, iol ,i III
Of the party now IN power il 'hC Ht'''fS {i5ci
missed am acceptance OF the sctt Iou5"' o.ti+,, va
- which had then been dcclafeu cDHslllu
tiYual by the courts. both State ana fcueIh'
and 10 cease AN further agitation ol lhc ~
ton. or any disturbance OF that selIciicLi' ~
repeal or otherwise. III was 9llIy al ", r thc
sudden reversal of its own decislou ID! .nc
SIIrrrrnc Court of the United states tiial IuI
thcr legislation was necessary lor lhe pIo'O0
zion of the interests OF the state.
From the stat ments carer uIS lINl1ii ~ .,, ~
tba Auditors. il app urs that the annual reFe
ull.. for ONE wears 10 come VIII not exec u
$21O0O0O. and that If the outstanIlnL 0oiE" i.
ions of the State should bc tuii"o'' @ Iiis1
~.
thOse held by institutions OF learning tic ia
t.rest 10 he paid, added 20 the necessary al
uual eXppnScS would about dusOID Iiils I'IV
The inability of the state 10 maxi scttlC
ment now, with greater aIlViIi. , ~ .t what
and interest than the RiddlcDerecr act' NL,,t s
ever She m ght have done once, arises ll"tll an "
increase IN her annual eA checs SIIn Si &c
maintaining two additional luhaIlc asS i Iulii' y, ,
one for the white and one Tor the C0lolOt 'i't ,
tlc maintenance of IA norman anu CoiiCsii'' ~
institute for our COlOrcd people an a
school for the education OF our lGlhaIe
teachers aid 70 the Confederate Iolno Io
for our Door and disabled soiuIeIS' -
over whose shoulders rests no mahtIe
Of governmental protection; aSsiStdlOo 20 ~
citizens of the State who have lost llmD, OF an
eye, or have been seriously dlsablcu oS "ou.l,i'i
s0 a. % prevent them from performing i,',
labor and whose wounds grow more puiuch
some with the increase of years the llcIedstSu
expenses of our criminal charges since inc
abolition of the whipping post, ana lnc III
creased appropriations 10 our puulS oolioOi'. 80
These are some of the necessary ODllgationS
incurred. while in the same period the State
taxes have been reduced from tity 10 IOTJJ
cents on the one hundred dollars, -,
Accompanying this is an estimate IN uc'ali
Of the annual expenses Of the Government 10
which / respectfully call your attention 80
that YOU NAV see that if TO the gross amount
given is added the amount OF interest Whlch
the Riddlcbcrger bonds carry, the present
revenue Of the state will be absorbed There
are TWO methods only by which she can pay Il
greater amount of interest than TINS settie
mcut calls fOr-namely. 10y reductgn OF inc
present expenses or an increase OF the present
revenues:
THE STATEMENT
Then follows a statement OF the eNpendi-
lures Of the State. which IS put as IOllo"s'
Annual expense of gONernment,i IN
addition 10 what is below enum- ..,, 40, oo
Grated S1oo,ooI ~
Annuities 70 elcemosynary insti- o,, ooo ~
tuuOus, 0lo'"V w
Annuities % institutions Of learn 80, ZOO M
ing lUl'DpO w
Public schools, oD'OO ~ ~
hrrcaragcs due ditto, ZVU'WV W. w
General Assembly, 5O'VoV W
Total regular expenses. 1885,, l3l 81
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